Open AccessDistinctive Particle Motion of Surface Waves as a Diagnostic of Anisotropic Layering
Author(s) -
Crampin Stuart
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1975.tb07045.x
Subject(s) - anisotropy , seismogram , layering , magnetosphere particle motion , free surface , surface wave , geology , symmetry (geometry) , surface (topology) , rayleigh wave , love wave , physics , wave propagation , geophysics , mechanical wave , longitudinal wave , geometry , mechanics , optics , seismology , botany , mathematics , quantum mechanics , magnetic field , biology
Summary Surface waves propagating along particular directions in anisotropic media may have one of three distinctive particle motions indicating orientations of planes of anisotropic symmetry with respect to the direction of propagation and the free surface. The particle motion of surface waves in a medium with a horizontal plane of symmetry has been observed on seismograms and used to indicate the presence of such anisotropy within the Upper Mantle.